Twenty years of romance makes a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of marriage make her something like a public building

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Marriage Quotes, Women Quotes

It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to...

It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to...

The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its...

The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its...

How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?

How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

God and other artists are always a little obscure.

God and other artists are always a little obscure.

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

Anybody can be good in the country

Anybody can be good in the country

Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each...

Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each...

My wife and I no longer have anything in common but our differences.

My wife and I no longer have anything in common but our differences.

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take...

It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

In the still of the night I can hear my thoughts and dance into obscurity.

In the still of the night I can hear my thoughts and dance into obscurity.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more...

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more...